Thursday, 30 June 2011

Hi everyone! I have been pretty busy lately working on gift caricatures for birthdays and anniversary's and such-like. They're really fun to do and I have had some amazing reactions and feedback from my customers.

Here are a few of them - one of them has been sent out to the US and I have been waiting to post these up here! The nude couple was a 60th birthday present and was so much fun (as you can imagine) to draw!

Tuesday, 28 June 2011

It was my sister-in-law's wedding at the weekend and having already designed their invites, I also bought along a framed wedding caricature as a gift. The good bit was getting the guests to sign the mount of the caricature so they have messages from their closest friends and family surrounding their pic! Here's some photo's taken by Photographer Jenny Swann!

Friday, 24 June 2011

Here is my first attempt at a speed painting video. The image took about 45 mins to create. Any feedback on length etc is gratefully received. I created this using iShowU and iMovie which was really easy to use. Anyway, here's Gadaffi. What a face!

Here's a short video clip from my booking last weekend. I had such a good evening and was totally rushed off my feet. The guests were brilliant (that's how this got filmed) and the Bride and Groom were lovely!!

In fact, they wrote me a cracking review!! I love drawing caricatures at weddings - it's quite a privilege helping to make someone's day special.

I have had two fantastic review's on Freeindex for my booking last week. These are from guests too, can't wait to see the Bride and Groom's!

First one...

"Fantastic highly recommend Mark for any party he is also a good laugh and the drawings are brilliant...You will not be disappointed and value for money!! Go on book him ...Can't praise him enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Lin & Shaun Gibson.

Second one...

"I would definitely recommend Beefy's Caricatures, Mark is a very nice guy and very talented, Thank you for my picture, I love it x" Danielle Ward

Wednesday, 22 June 2011

Hi all! As some of you know, I have been working as a freelance illustrator, alongside my caricaturing for the last 12 years. My work was featured in Illustration NOW! 3 last year, and has now been published in Illustration Now! Portraits.

not sure who did the cover, but here are my pages!

Also, I really need more followers as 6 is a bit low, so any help with that would be lovely!

About Me

http://www.beefys-caricatures.com
The East Midlands Wedding Party Caricaturist.
I am a party caricaturist based in Nottingham and have worked all over the place, including Holland, Greece, Ibiza and also here in the East Midlands, UK.
I have drawn cartoon portraits at various corporate events, weddings, and student balls, and am one of the East Midlands
premier caricaturists.